Classic Cars of Lanna visit the shelter

Today Care for Dogs shelter at Hang Dong was visited by some of the members of Classic Cars of Lanna Group, on their road tour of the Samoeng Loop which circles around the mountains of Doi Suthep & Doi Pui.

We were able to explain to the group the work of Care for Dogs and showed them around the shelter.

It was great to see a collection of vehicles as these but I don't think the dogs at the shelter appreciated it much at all.

We had to keep the residents couped up a while for the cars to arrive & the visitors to make their entrance but after a while some of them got to play with each other.





The visitors kindly donated money to the shelter and one puppy was adopted.

A very good day.

Shelter visitors love dogs

Today we were visited by some young folks that were in the final stages of preparation for a Grand Bake & Buy sale on Saturday 2nd June at Prem Center School in Mae Rim, in order to raise funds on behalf of Care for Dogs.

Royanne & friends, came along to see the residents and ask them first hand what they needed from the girls. Armed with many doggy chews & big bags of food, the girls gave several of the puppies & older dogs a refreshing shower and some good old TLC & grooming.

I think everyone enjoyed it, the girls certainly went away with a determined attitude to bring these dog better fortune through their hard efforts.

Good luck girls !

Prem School Visit

Thankfully the weather held good for an arranged visit by students from Prem Tinsulanonda International School. They came with a donation which was gratefully received and they seemed to enjoy the activities we tried to encourage them to participate in.

Walking dogs turned out to be the first choice of the students and showering as many dogs as they could with guidance from Tameer was next favourite. Karin demonstrated giving vaccinations and some students helped & took a chance to give jabs too. I think I scared a few students by graphically explaining the nature of TvT, highlighting the dangers of unprotected intercourse. We also managed to get some to scoop poop!

Some of the students expressed their affections for the dogs more than others. One beautiful young guy, David, talked to us at length about his family's life with dogs and showed he is a real dog lover.

Once again we are thankful of the foresight that schools have to involve children as early as possible in community issues and enlighten young minds of the perils that homeless and owner dogs face in Chiang Mai.

Students took many photo's of their visit which we hope they might share with us but here are just a few we captured of their stay.

Nakorn Payap - Making a difference in the Community

We had been looking forward to this day for so long. Previously, Yu from Roots & Shoots at Nakorn Payap International School (NIS), had asked Care for Dogs how they could help dogs and our group.

Karin & I visited them and gave a presentation of some of the issues facing dogs in Chiang Mai and explained Care for Dogs (Cfd) objectives and talked about the work we do. It was a lot of information and Karin & I were scared that we would frighten them off with the gory stories, the sad plight of some of the creatures we meet and the enormity of the work involved.

But to the contrary. They bit our hand off!! Yu and colleagues arranged for various fund raising events at the school and collected money by way of donations, sold items that we provided for sale and placed our information stand & wall board at prominent positions within the school, raising peoples awareness of the drive by the club to promote Cfd.

Roots & Shoots then wanted to spend some time at the shelter, meet the dogs and deliver food, chews, toys, shampoo and whole lot of money, over 9,000 baht !!! Thank you Roots & Shoots.

This will fund 11 Sterilisations.

It was a wonderful morning of doggy happiness. Another volunteer Carolyn organised the dogs getting out & being walked through a nearby orchard and enjoying freedom for a while. Teresa, another volunteer, motivated the students into a lathering session, showering some long haired characters and giving a well deserved grooming to as many as they could in the time. Because of the dogs playfulness, some students had a shower too!!

Karin demonstrated vaccinations and involved Miss Elissa, one of the teachers, giving the injections and I talked my head off, telling folks about the stories behind the residents and explaining some of the behaviours that would possibly otherwise remain misunderstood.

Towards the end of the visit, we unleashed the hidden jewells, young adoptable pups, so sweet smelling and so eager for a warm cuddle and show of affection from anyone that will love them.

Mr Troy was busy with his camera and I eagerly await to see some of those happy snaps. Perhaps he will let me load a few here.

Also joining us today was a new volunteer from England, staying in Chiang Mai for a month and wanting to get involved with some hands on activity.

I took a few pics while I had my hands empty, I hope you can share in the days happiness.

There will be another post in my diary as soon as the other folks let me have their pics (Was that a subtle enough reminder?)

School Visit to Shelter

Today, pupils from the Prem Tinsulanonda International School came to the shelter and participated in washing, grooming, walking, medicating and weighing of dogs at the shelter.

Some of the pupils came up with good ideas for fundraising in a brainstorming session and afterwards the group followed this up by making a finacial donation to the organisation, giving the shelter a large bag of food and paying for the drinks they were given.




This was an eye opener for Karin & I, as to how to address the needs of so many people(2 groups of 20+) and optimise their learning and understanding, whilst at the same time, maintaining a comfortable level of chaos with so many dogs wanting attention.

It was clear from the conversations, that many had empathy with the struggle for dogs on the streets and the experience for the entire group was thoroughly worthwhile.